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Am in Carrion and ready to walk the longest part of the Meseta tomorrow for my birthday!! I am covered in blisters and my skin is different shades of pale and brown and yet I wouldn't want to be anywhere else :)
You are ahead of me Erin. Trying to keep up with an uber fit young woman got me into this mess. I fell on rocks and injured my ankle big time. Note to self, next time I will choose to keep up with a hot man instead ;)
Well I sprained my ankle so have had a rest day and some short days. I got picked up by a doco crew who have been filming me and am in Los Arcos and it's very wet :)
I can't believe how ill prepared I was for this. It has been exciting, maddening, hilarious, frustrating, physically exhausting...
Great story Tom
Having been on the road for over 48 hours am pleased to say I have arrived in SJPP......with a couple of pit stops on the way. I shared a cafe con leche and breakfast with the land...... Yep hardcore car sickness. I felt sorry for my travelling companions who I had befriended to...
Thanks Tom
Am on the bus on the way to Pamplona! Woo hoo
Don't feel foolish or a bit of a fraud.... We are all in the same boat in this life and anyone who purports to have all the answers is delusional
I already started the self flagellation for the day, comparing myself which was...
My eyes are about to fall out of my head! Am in Madrid after catching three planes to get here. Is 10:30pm. At 10:45am I board the first of two buses together to Pamplona and then a final one to SJPP by tom night. Have already managed to forget my sticks at one check on! Hoping to meet a fellow...
Yes I was... I had to get past security as the airline said no but security didn't know what they were so said yes
I feel like such a fraud carrying them as I don't even know how to use them! Lol
Well folks with only one hour to go before the plane takes off, I sit here and enjoy a glass of red and ignore that fact it is 1:40am!
My pack weighed an impressive 6.9kilos which has shocked me to no end considering I only packed for the first time at 9pm tonight and just bought the backpack...
Thanks Dave.....it will be coming unless I look really bad. I still have a modicum of vanity or pride which will no doubt be knocked out of me when I hit the trail.
Mind you, I saw some photos of a friend who looked so darn glamorous on the Camino. Was like a photo shoot for Vogue or something...
Well folks. My first post on this forum was May 21st and here I am 11th June with only one sleep left before I fly out of Melbourne bound for Madrid to start my Camino in SJPP.
Thank you to everyone who has got me this far. There has been some wonderful private conversations that I have had as...
Hey there,
Are you catching the bus from Madrid??? Otherwise want to see if we can round up a couple of others in Pamplona and catch a cab? I think the bus I am catching arrives mid arvo but can check. If we find two others the taxi will be a better option :) PM me if you want.
Katrina
Update....I will be staying in SJPP for two nights now arriving late on 14th and leaving for a night in Orisson on 16th. Hoping to cab share with someone from Pamplona to SJPP otherwise a long day of motion sickness for me on the bus. So with only four more sleeps left before I fly out....woo...
I just have to say....7 more sleeps till I fly out........woo hoo!!!!
Should I be buying the John Brierly guide???
Getting excited after a crappy week where a car ran into the back of mine so I currently have whiplash and some lovely bruising....so hope to be better come next Thursday...if...
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